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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStick with Ollie for Six Nations – Greenwood
■By GARY FITZGERALD OLLIE Lawrence must get a “good long run” in the England side and show he can become the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDeacon takes reins but Nelson wants Sharks to pursue Lancaster
■By JON NEWCOMBE Developing: Paul Deacon INTERIM Sale Sharks head coach Paul Deacon says Steve Diamond’s “legacy at the club will...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWales ace Davies backs call to kill the caterpillar
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER GARETH Davies has thrown his support behind the idea of rugby quickening the tempo and banning the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCrunch-tackling Katoh sets the defensive tone
Loughboro’ L ..14 Exeter Chiefs ..7 By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO LOUGHBOROUGH edged past a determined Exeter Chiefs in a physical and highly...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFletcher: Lack of 12s is long-standing concern
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER RFU player development manager John Fletcher says the lack of homegrown No.12s playing in Premiership rugby has been...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMacDonald puts her Wasps on right track
Sale Sharks..............8pts Wasps ......................30pts By ADAM ELLIS WASPS moved to within a point of Saracens with a third successive victory in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIce-cool Nicholas condemns Bears to defeat
Bristol Bears ..12 Worcester ......15 By NATHAN ROCHE SARAH NICHOLAS’ penalty five minutes from time rescued victory for Worcester Warriors to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLuther’s arrival has boosted confidence – Walder
■By JON NEWCOMBE DAVE WALDER has paid tribute to the old hands in the backline who have helped Newcastle get off...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBaa-Baas bad boys banned for breaching protocol
NEWS EXTRA THIRTEEN Barbarians players have been given bans by the RFU for their part in October’s game against England having to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoShow some humility and stop playing on defensive
WHY are our rugby correspondents so restrained when interviewing Eddie Jones? He shows no respect to them and it is their...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCenturion Nigel bows out on top
■By SAM JACKSON NIGEL Owens, the referee with the most appearances in international matches, has brought an end to his Test...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoResult
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Will Butler returns from injury for start of Worcester’s Challenge Cup campaign
Selection news for all of the Challenge Cup's opening round of competition, as Worcester Warriors travel to Pau
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Owens announces international retirement after hitting 100-Test landmark
Welsh referee Nigel Owens ends his Test career at the age of 49 after hitting an unprecedented record in the Autumn...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Sheedy and Earl all back for Champions Cup opener
Bristol Bears and Clermont kick off Saturday's action in Round 1 of the new Champions Cup season
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoMunster have everything in its right place to re-emerge on the European scene
Two-time Heineken Cup winner Peter Stringer previews Harlequins clash at Munster, where the hosts are favourites at fortress Thomond Park
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRusty Scarlets face uphill task at The Rec
The Welsh region has been impacted by a period of required self-isolation in the lead up to their clash with Bath...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoTeams will be at full strength for Champions Cup, says Lawrence Dallaglio
The Champions Cup remains the pinnacle of the European club game and a bigger prize than domestic success
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGregor Townsend signs new Scotland deal to 2023 Rugby World Cup
The Scotland head coach has inked a two-year extension with Scottish Rugby
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlex Gray is back from NFL ready to become Eddie’s new hybrid super star
After playing for Atlanta Falcons, Bath signing Alex Gray tells NEALE HARVEY he has returned from the NFL determined to fulfil...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen hit with four-week ban
The Springbok will be unavailable for the next month after catching Gloucester fly-half Lloyd Evans with an elbow
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoSkivington has been a breath of fresh air says Varney
From Italy U20s to the Azzurri, Varney credits his sharp development through 2020 with the arrival of 'Skivs' at Kingsholm
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU sanctions 13 Barbarians for bubble breach at London pub
The RFU has sanctioned the players culpable in October's England versus Barbarians match being cancelled
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoSteve Diamond leaves Sale Sharks in shock exit
A huge shock in the Premiership at the club that challenged for a play-off spot last season
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoBok star Van Zyl joins Sarries promotion bid
Saracens have found their replacement to Richard Wigglesworth among the scrum-half options
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland World Cup-winner Steve Thompson diagnosed with early onset dementia
A lawsuit seeking damages against World Rugby, the RFU and WRU by a series of ex-players, as scale of the sport's...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoA West Country battle looms over Beno Obano signature
And is Bath No.8 Zach Mercer set to leave the Rec?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
NCA chair John Inverdale tells TRP when National League clubs can expect to return to action in a new cup competition
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoUlster coach Dwayne Peel to make Wales return at Cardiff Blues
Former Bristol Bears attack coach Peel has signed a 'long-term contract' to swap Ulster for Cardiff Blues
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoManu Tuilagi Signs With Firma Stella
Sale Sharks and England Rugby legend Manu Tuilagi has signed an exclusive memorabilia partner’s deal with Firma Stella. The company, headed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoEarle: I’d like to think my mental strength got me through injury rehab
Harlequins winger Nathan Earle had been in Eddie Jones' plans prior to suffering a knee injury in 2019
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNorth gets back in the try habit as Wales remember how to succeed
■By PETER JACKSON PLAYER WATCH... Wales........................38pts Tries: Hardy 7, Parry 17, G Davies 57, North 68, Tipuric 75 Conversions: Sheedy 8,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTest game is turgid compared to Euro Cup
IT HAS really come to the point where international rugby has become dire. If national coaches believe the best way to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIreland find their mojo as ill-discipline ruins Scots
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Flyer: Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe on his way to scoring Scotland’s try Ireland......................31pts Tries: Earls 38, 50;...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘We’ll give England Six Nations challenge’
WAYNE Pivac insists Wales will push Eddie Jones’ England all the way for the 2021 Six Nations title after they ended...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAustin right to sound the alarm bell
AUSTIN Healey was always interesting as a player and his opinions as a journalist are the same. He asks “who is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSexton: Still way to go but it’s progress
IRELAND skipper Johnny Sexton insisted Ireland are still a work in progress after their best win of the Autumn. “You can’t...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMorale-boosting finish to Wayne’s annus horribilis
SHANE WI LLIAMS COMMENT SO that’s the end of 2020 for Wales. I think most people will be glad to see...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWallabies finish last after Hodge fires wide again
By SAM JACKSON Try scorer: Bautista Delguy breaks clear for Argentina PICTURE: Getty Images REECE Hodge’s lastminute penalty flew wide to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNadolo’s in hat-trick form as Fiji fly at last
■By MIKE SINCLAIR Georgia ....................24pts Fiji................................38pts Tries: Melikidze 22, Saginhadze 67, 78 Conversions: Abzhandadze 22, 67, 78 Penalties: Abhandadze 10 NEMANI...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRecords fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown
MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT So, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoExeter captain Jack Yeandle eager for Glasgow Warriors challenge
Yeandle is already looking ahead to the Chiefs' Champions Cup opener against Glasgow after easing past Leicester in the Premiership
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFiji grow through their Covid ordeal for Cotter to claim winning start
Persuasive: Vern Cotter THE persuasive powers of new coach Vern Cotter, who lured Nemani Nadolo out of international retirement, proved a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBeauden’s star is on the wane as he jets off to Japan
IT was meant to be the stage on which Beauden Barrett was crowned the best of his generation. Instead, the two-time...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
■By NEALE HARVEY NCA chairman John Inverdale is confident the National League Cup will proceed, although the Covid-19 tiers mean the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCLOSE-UP
GIORGI HVESELADZE Georgia outside centre v SEMI RADRADRA Fiji outside centre Kveseladze, from Georgian part-time club RC Armazi Marneuli, hardly saw...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEarl is latest in long line of Tonbridge Test stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools TONBRIDGE are rightly hailed as one of English cricket’s great nurseries...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoConnacht’s Paul Boyle scores hat-trick on captaincy debut
Connacht move into second with a 31-14 victory over Benetton at the Sportsground
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGreat attacking teams are why we love rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE king of sports, as Rugby Union supporters once dubbed it, has been knocked around in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOne simple step would end scrum shambles
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrums, mauls and rucks are the areas of the game that I have...
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